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Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… (JISWA), and served as its Director for over 25 years. Under the harshness of life in apartheid South Africa, it was … election boycott campaigns in the…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… 1950 First and Slovo are among the first 600 to be ‘named’ under the Suppression of Communism Act. 1952 15 March, … Wits University library and held in…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… the dissolution of the Communist Party after it was banned under the Suppression of Communism Act. 1952 1 June, Despite … for four months and then released…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… of America. 1830/31 Thaba Bosiu, the Basotho stronghold under Moshoeshoe, is attacked by the Ndebele, who are … land. March, Basutoland, which later becomes…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… continued to regard African women as perpetual minors under the permanent tutelage of their male guardians. Women`s … The Minister of Native Affairs, Dr…
Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
… principle that the strike would be based on direct action under the leadership of the shop-floor workers' committee. 21 … 62 While the strike proceeded, the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… Government. 11 December, Mandela was banned for six months under the Riotous Assemblies Act 28 December, Mandela … issue a statement condemning the first…
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
… 1966 BBC adaptation of her vivid account of her detention under the notorious 90-day law, in which she played herself, … new, privileged African class. “It…
ArticleSefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961
… January, The South African National Party (SANP) is formed under General Herztog following a rift between the English … “bucket strikes”. The Transvaal…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… As the demand for labour declined, sharecropping came under extreme pressure. Some of the families that had … forced out of White farms to their plots…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… as the main organiser of the TLSA’s founding Conference under the guidance and influence of Dr Abdullah Abdurahman , … publication, the Educational Journal ,…
PlaceOliver Tambo District Municipality
The OR Tambo District Municipality (ORTDM) occupies the Eastern Coastal portion of the Eastern Cape Province, bordered by KwaZulu-Natal and by the Eastern Cape…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… the most hated laws affecting the African majority, and under which hundreds of thousands were sent to prison. Act 67 … Council and created tribal councils…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… extinct as a culture and nation, while the Basotho, under Moshoeshoe, created their own homeland, Lesotho, and …
Independent Electoral Commission
… new provinces. Elections were held on 26-29 April 1994 under a system of proportional representation. The newly …
ArticleTimeline of South African Football Coaches from 1992 – 2022
… Sy Lerman than the kind of football Bafana played under him. They lost two games to Zimbabwe and Nigeria 4-1 … a fledgling national team. Clive Barker (1994…
Control: 1910 - 1948
… workers and farmers took the form of the PACT government. Under the PACT government the needs of White workers were … on White owned farms. Farm labour…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… some farmers in Rustenburg were making their workers work under extremely brutal conditions. He pretended to be a … after which he was jailed for life. Women…
EventThe Flag of the Union of South Africa is hoisted on Prince Edward Island
… moved to incorporate both Prince Edward and Marion Island under a government as they realised that Islands could also … role. The British worked with the…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… the Group Areas Act. Sam Khan and Yusuf Dadoo are placed under restrictions in terms of the Riotous Assemblies Act. … June 21 , The Guardian announces…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… 4 February, The depleted Natal Indian Congress (NIC) under the leadership of A.I. Kajee group declares that the … in Durban. 15 May, The Indian Penetration…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa
… as having HIV or Aids, including 300 000 children under the age of 15 years. 350 000 people died from AIDS in … pneumonia TB red, brown, pink, or purplish…
ArticleDutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC
… in the trade, setting out clearly the conditions under which this would be possible. In addition the VOC … extolled. Hence in 1652 the VOC sent a group of…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… was supposed to allow Africans to develop themselves under their own self-government, but the economic structure … (Horrell, 1978: xi). Many pieces of…
EventBritain proclaims Natal a British colonial territory
… British forces under Governor Sir George Napier took over Natal and … it a British Colony. A year later the colony was put under the Cape Colony…
Justice Arthur Chaskalson: President of Constitutional Court interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 2 February 2000, The Braamfontein, Johannesburg
… mean I don’t know what you made of this kind of attempt to construct a network? Chaskalson: I had a little bit of a … it. Taylor: To what extent, do you…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… Committee. January 30, On the eve of his court trial, under the Emergency Regulations, Dadoo issues a statement … with his legal counsel, Harry Bloom, to…
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… into becoming agricultural labourers, the Natal government under Charles Smythe, imposed a Poll Tax of £ 1 on all men …
Durban Historical & community
… Vetch, Capt RE West. Martin Wissing, George H The list is under construction. Please use the contribute link to post …
ArticleHarriet Bolton and the Garment Workers Industrial Union
… By the 1970s she was a national representative of TUCSA. Under pressure from the Garment Workers Industrial Union …